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Woke up to see his car crushed by a tree
| 08.04,21. 01:08 PM |
Woke up to see his car crushed by a tree
Allan Phillips had his Audi crushed by a tree on his street in Birchgrove following storms in Sydney. (Allan Phillips)
A Sydney resident has woken up to find his Audi crushed by a tree after wild weather battered Sydney overnight.
Allan Phillips discovered a giant tree branch was covering his car in Birchgrove, in Sydney's Inner West.
Sydney was hit with intense storms last night, with lightning and heavy rain impacting large parts of the city and coastal regions.
Thunderstorms brought up to 30mm of rain to parts of the city including in Little Bay in the east and Belrose in the north.
Other notable totals include Castle Cove which recorded 19mm and Terry Hills and Penrith both of which copped 12mm in last night's storms.
After the storms cleared, the city was shrouded in fog this morning.
More rain is forecast today with a high chance of showers and a thunderstorms in the early evening.
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